Design and full-wave analysis of piezoelec-tric micro-needle antenna sensors for enhanced near-field detection of skin cancer

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 125, Issue , 2012, Pages 391-413

  Caratelli, D ^a   Yarovoy, A ^a   Massaro, A ^b   Lay Ekuakille, A ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DISEASES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NEEDLES;

COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY; CONFORMAL FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; ELECTRONICALLY TUNABLE; FULL WAVE ANALYSIS; INPUT IMPEDANCE MATCHING; NEAR FIELD RADIATION; STEERING PROPERTIES; STRUCTURE RELIABILITY;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 84857927452     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER11101205     Document Type: Article

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